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Chicago’s police superintendent on Thursday made his second trip this year to the Illinois statehouse to advocate for a controversial bill that would imprison repeat gun offenders for up to 14 years.
The rate of positive test results for workplace drug testing is on the rise, both in Illinois and nationally. But drill down a bit and you’ll notice regional differences in which drugs are more likely to show up.
Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana announced he would not go through with a controversial plan to allow the federal government house immigration detainees in his jail in Rockford, in exchange for funding to help hire officers to staff the facility.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that President Trump's controversial travel ban should be kept on hold, maintaining a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks the executive order from being enforced.
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On the 21st: We learned about programs in Illinois designed to help new parents. Plus, we heard the latest on budget negotiations in Springfield and learned about a robot designed to fly like a bat.
